WASHINGTON -- Perhaps no two teams have endured the number of injuries as the Nationals and Dodgers have this season. They have each lost significant players to the disabled list, and they are trying to hang on to their lofty preseason aspirations. Even during this three-game series, in which the Dodgers swept, both endured losses.
Washington lost veteran utility man Howie Kendrick for the season. Meanwhile, Los Angeles had two starting pitchers leave the game prematurely in Rich Hill on Saturday night and Alex Wood on Sunday afternoon. Yet the Dodgers came to Washington and swept the Nationals, concluding with Sunday afternoon's 7-2 loss in front of a sellout crowd of 40,201, which followed a familiar formula.